Weird and awful play at $2 sit and go

[rudefella]

Can I call here with the Jacks? I folded thinking I could be really beat bad against either UTG raiser or reraiser.

Full Tilt Poker Game #9528024330: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (72706954), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:41:19 ET - 2008/12/16
Seat 1: Obius (1,425)
Seat 2: cbnow (1,680)
Seat 3: Hey Im a Frog (1,440)
Seat 4: bossman357 (1,470)
Seat 5: rudefella5123 (1,500)
Seat 6: Viking1978 (1,500)
Seat 7: r4z13l (1,500)
Seat 8: pelioto (1,380)
Seat 9: svisj (1,605)
bossman357 posts the small blind of 15
rudefella5123 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rudefella5123 [Jh Jc]
Viking1978 raises to 90
r4z13l folds
pelioto calls 90
svisj folds
Obius calls 90
cbnow raises to 150
Hey Im a Frog folds
bossman357 folds
rudefella5123 has 15 seconds left to act
rudefella5123 folds
Viking1978 calls 60
pelioto calls 60
Obius calls 60
*** FLOP *** [7h 6h 4h]
Viking1978 checks
pelioto checks
Obius checks
cbnow has 15 seconds left to act
cbnow bets 30
Viking1978 raises to 60
pelioto calls 60
Obius calls 60
cbnow raises to 1,530, and is all in
Viking1978 calls 1,290, and is all in
svisj has been disconnected
pelioto calls 1,170, and is all in
svisj has reconnected
Obius folds
cbnow shows [7c 7s]
Viking1978 shows [4c 4s]
pelioto shows [Tc Ah]
Uncalled bet of 180 returned to cbnow
*** TURN *** [7h 6h 4h] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [7h 6h 4h 3d] [5h]
cbnow shows a straight, Seven high
Viking1978 shows a straight, Seven high
Viking1978 ties for the side pot (120) with a straight, Seven high
cbnow ties for the side pot (120) with a straight, Seven high
pelioto shows a flush, Ace high
pelioto wins the main pot (4,395) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,635 Main pot 4,395. Side pot 240. | Rake 0
Board: [7h 6h 4h 3d 5h]
Seat 1: Obius folded on the Flop
Seat 2: cbnow showed [7c 7s] and won (120) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 3: Hey Im a Frog (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: bossman357 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: rudefella5123 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Viking1978 showed [4c 4s] and won (120) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 7: r4z13l didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: pelioto showed [Tc Ah] and won (4,395) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: svisj didn't bet (folded)

[taipan168]

I think you can still flat call and play for set value, if you do hit a set you will win a HUGE pot.

[rudefella]

yeah i thought about calling for set value, but folded worried that someone would reraise behind me.

[TLR]

I dont think limping for set value is the correct move here, you put 10% of your stack hoping to hit a set, which is a bit too much I think.
I dont think a fold is bad here, although I would probably raise it to about 225-240 and take it from there

[Nakamura]

I normally dump small/medium pocket pairs if it's costing me 10% of my stack to see the flop. In this case there are several players still live and to act after you i.e. your call does not close the action, which makes flat calling even worse as your 150 chips does not guarantee you will see a flop

As TLR suggests, I would probably throw in a reraise with JJ as folks raise with all sorts of crap at $2 tables

[DoanDiggy]

When's the last time you played a $2 SNG? I shove all day in this spot on Stars in the $1 and $3 SNGs and get called by some stupid stuff.... A6, KT, 55, 97s, etc. With the dead money in the pot and it being early, I don't too much mind flipping, either. If you lose, just sign up for another one. You win a lot against 1 or 2 callers and have like 3300-4800 chips, propelling you to an easy win.

[Kijjo]

Hate to say it, but DoanDiggy is pretty much right. Don't sweat it, folding here is not bad in a decent game with good players, but in a $2, shoving for the double up is way +EV. You will almost always get a caller, usually Ax or any pp.

[chuckc3401]

Aren't "weird and awful play" and "$2 sit-n-go" redundant phrases?

[taipan168]

Yeah, on reflection I think Doan is right, just shove over preflop and be done with it. Definitely don't fold though.